Rotifers

[asianer]

Does anyone have any experience hatching these? I tried doing a search but didn't see anything posted in terms of instructions on how to hatch them.
Thanks in advance!

 

[prattreef]

I believe you need a live starter culture that you then "grow" by feeding it with live phytoplankton. Major pain unless you are really setup for it. If the baby seahorses are taking Brine Shrimp nauplii, you don't need the rotifers.

 

[asianer]

Thanks, but apparently Reidi SH fry are smaller than other SH's and might require rotifers as BBS might be too large but I will try and hatch some BBS tonight and see if they take them.

 

[ming]

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/sept2002/breeder.htm
http://www.reed-mariculture.com/rotifer/recipe.asp

 

[cali_reef]

Contact CB747, he may have some dry cultures left from his clown breeding adventure.

 

[cali_reef]

BTW, I think you'll need green water to feed the rotifers.

 

[asianer]

Thanks ming, good reading material!
I PM'd CB747, thank you cali_reef - I still have the iPhone accessory if you are still looking.

 

[GreshamH]

I believe you need a live starter culture that you then "grow" by feeding it with live phytoplankton. Major pain unless you are really setup for it. If the baby seahorses are taking Brine Shrimp nauplii, you don't need the rotifers.

Using a live starter culture is by far the best method as when you hatch them from cysts they tend to produce mostly males. Male + male doesn't equal much in terms of a healthy/viable culture.

 

[ari5736]

Pease keep us posted if brine naupali works out for the baby seahorses.

 

[emmanuel]

I have frozen rotifiers made by H2O Life it says the size ranges from 80-200 microns and is good for filter feeders and larval fish . I had picked up a package a while ago from a store in franklin square L.I. Hopefully it will work when my cleaner shrimp eggs hatch

 

[GreshamH]

Frozen rotifers aren't suitable for feeding cleaner shrimp larvea in the early stages, not even live are suitable for the earlist of stages (you do know its a feat to even get 1 to settle out?). I would check to see if the rotifers are even "gut loaded" as rotifers themselves are nothing more then a shell with eggs. The process of freezing tends to burst the rotifers as well.

 

[Bob 1000]

Does anyone have any experience hatching these? I tried doing a search but didn't see anything posted in terms of instructions on how to hatch them.
Thanks in advance!

I have really small pods that a couple of members here use... But I'm not sure how small you need... Is a grain of sand small enough?? I have billions from my denitrifier...

 

[asianer]

I have really small pods that a couple of members here use... But I'm not sure how small you need... Is a grain of sand small enough?? I have billions from my denitrifier...

After doing a really quick search it seems that rotifers @ 40 microns and copepods < 35 microns seem fairly similar in size and it seems that they both feed on the same source, microalgae.

 

[asianer]

Edit: duped message.

 

[Bob 1000]

Mines feed on good bacteria in my reactor... They reproduce at an alarming rate... If you need let me know...

 

[asianer]

Mines feed on good bacteria in my reactor... They reproduce at an alarming rate... If you need let me know...

Thanks, when the seahorses have more offspring we'll swap.

 

[Bob 1000]

Sounds good..

 

[asianer]

Looking for live rotifers again...